Jamie Kent

This past week or so has been packed with so much goodness that I don’t really know where to begin! As always, I’m going to try my absolute best to keep things concise and to the point…

Performances a plenty!

So last Saturday I opened for Heather Maloney at the Black Moon Music Lounge in Belchertown, MA. This was the gig that came out of an open mic I did there about three weeks ago, and is really the first paid gig I’ve ever had that didn’t come through a personal connection in any way. It was a great show. Though it was pouring rain, and the Black Moon is a bit out of the way, my friends, family, and fans in the area really stepped it up and came out in support. In fact, as the opening act, I basically brought the crowd. Knowing that, I really tried to give everyone the best show I could, and I’m extremely happy with how it went. I also got some great constructive feedback on the evening that has given me plenty to consider:

1. I need better endings to my songs when playing them acoustic.
2. I need to be aware of how loud I sing and adjust accordingly with the mic.
3. I need sexier shoes.

I then played open mics at The Rendevous in Turners Falls, MA, and P.A.C.E in Easthampton, MA. The Rendevous’ a cool place, but only 4 people showed for the event, so it was questionably worth the 40 minute drive each way. PACE on the other hand was awesome. There were 16 or so people signed up for the night, and everyone there was tremendously welcoming, supportive and talented. In my experience thus far it’s been a pretty rare thing to encounter an open mic crowd that has all of those qualities, but let me tell you, when it happens, it’s the best. For each show that I played this past week, I booked another, which was incredibly satisfying. Take a looksie over on the left hand side of my website where you can conveniently see the new gigs there (at Goucher College and PACE)! Want me to play near you? Shoot me an email and let’s make it happen!

5 down, 6 on the way…

So as most of you know by now, I’ve released 5 songs so far under the Production of Wes Talbot at Music Media. While we’re unbelievably happy with these, we have no thoughts of stopping anytime soon. With that in mind, we hit the studio again yesterday with drummer Rich Adelson and bassist Bob Laramie to lay the foundation of 6 more tunes down. This summer, when we laid the foundation of the first five down, I was pretty damn ecstatic. And now to be honest, I’m twice as excited about these new tunes. Pardon my French, but they sound fucking awesome. I’m pretty sure most of you don’t know a lot these tunes yet, but here are there titles:

1. Once Again
2. Love Pretend
3. Mischief Man
4. BonofaSitch
5. Good sex, bad conversation
6. Isabella
7. Navagation (will be acoustic, to be recorded soon)

Did I mention that I really can’t wait to release these tunes to you all? Whoa, I’m bouncing with excitement and it feels great.

The Collective is coming…

I’ve been spending so much time on this over the past two weeks. While I still can’t tell you what it is, I can tell you that it is going to be awesome. Wicked fucking awesome. You ready?

Love love,
Jamie